No charges will be filed against two police officers who fatally shot a 21-year-old man in a day care parking lot in Ramsey this summer.

The Anoka County attorney’s office reviewed the investigation into Chaz Michael Havenor’s death outside the Learning Lodge day care facility Aug. 28 and determined the officers involved were in “imminent danger of great bodily harm or death and were justified under the law in using their weapons,” according to information released by the attorney’s office this week.

Two officers began pursuing Havenor after he and two other men were questioned as they sat in a vehicle stopped in the parking lot.

The three had reportedly pulled over to discuss how to get gas money.

When Havenor was asked to get out of the car, he ran, and a foot chase ensued.

At one point, Havenor reportedly turned around and pointed a black pistol at the police from just a few feet away. After refusing multiple commands to stop and drop his weapon, both officers shot him repeatedly.

Havenor was taken to Mercy Hospital, where he died of gunshot wounds.

After examining the scene, interviewing witnesses, reviewing videotape and conducting forensic and ballistic tests, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension concluded that Havenor’s pistol was loaded with one round in the chamber. Toxicology reports also found amphetamine and methamphetamine in his system, the county attorney’s office reported.

“It is unfortunate and regrettable that a routine police matter became so dangerous and then turned fatal,” Anoka County Attorney Tony Palumbo said in a written statement.

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